Abstract
Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of anxiety due to coronavirus in preclinical medical students. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study based on an online survey, administered from October 28 to November 16, 2021, which collected demographic data, infection history, fear, worry, anxiety about COVID-19 and self-perception of goal achievement learning. Results: 8.53% of the students showed anxiety about COVID-19. Being a woman, infected, the degree of the disease, sharing a house with an infected person, fear of becoming infected and failing due to the virus, concern about the economic situation and considering not having achieved the learning objectives were factors associated with anxiety. Conclusions: The prevalence of anxiety due to COVID-19, after 20 months in the pandemic is significantly lower, compared to that reported in previous stages of the pandemic. However, there are still factors that need to be considered.
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